Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of a torn deltoid muscle of the left arm and denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) for the period prior to June 16, 2008.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not meet the schedular criteria for TDIU, and his inability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation was attributed to non-service-connected factors such as substance abuse and alcohol use.
- Claimed conditions
- torn deltoid muscle of the left arm, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, scar right inguinal hernia repair, right finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002945
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